Category: Privacy & Compliance

Possible EU investigation into fake Facebook ads

Possible EU investigation into fake Facebook ads

Facebook may be subject to an extensive European Union survey of its advertising platform. There are ongoing concerns about the way the social network protects its data and so an investigation has now been requested by the British privacy watchdog. Yesterday the ICO submitted a 113-page report to th... Read more

date4 years ago
Microsoft CEO: We will never use personal information for profit

Microsoft CEO: We will never use personal information for profit

Microsoft claims not to use consumer data for its own profit. The software group claims that it sees data privacy as a human right and stresses that the misuse of user data will eventually harm its products and services, according to CEO Satya Nadella. Nadella spoke to the London Times about this. T... Read more

date4 years ago

Oracle confirms: China Telecom led U.S. Internet traffic to

Oracles Internet Intelligence division today confirmed the findings of an academic research paper that accuses China of taking over the crucial backbone of the Internet from Western hands. China Telecom would hijack Internet traffic from the west and redirect it through its own infrastructure. The r... Read more

date4 years ago

Windows 10 UWP gave developers unwanted access to all user files

Microsoft has fixed a bug in the currently delayed Windows 10 October 2018 Update. This was in earlier versions of the operating system and gave apps potentially undesirable access to user data. This is a bug in the Universal Windows Platform. The bug in the Windows broadFileSystemAccess API could g... Read more

date4 years ago
Google gives users far-reaching control over search data

Google gives users far-reaching control over search data

Google has introduced a number of new features to make it easier for users to manage their data. Your Data in Search, as it is called, allows users to view and delete their recent search activity. In addition, they have easy access to the most relevant privacy settings within their Google Account. I... Read more

date4 years ago

Bits of Freedom launches tool for users to request data

Bits of Freedom has unveiled a new service that allows everyone to request their details from companies, institutions and the government. According to the European Privacy Act, GDPR is obliged to give access to this data. The service, My Data Done Right, can be used as of today. The aim of the civil... Read more

date4 years ago
Firefox 63 can now block tracking cookies

Firefox 63 can now block tracking cookies

Mozilla is increasingly turning Firefox into a browser that puts user privacy first. In the next version, Firefox 63, a feature has been built in that prevents cookies from tracking users' behavior on multiple websites. Enhanced Tracking Protecion is now available to everyone. Enhanced Tracking Prot... Read more

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